Professor
Alvaro Sagasti
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2024 - Ok so I really liked this class a lot I think Professor Sagasti is a great professor but really this class was ruined by the TAs for me. They graded everything so harshly!! For example I answered a question saying the protein did not bind to microtubules and the TA marked me off a whole point (points mean a lot in this class) because I didn’t say “there was only a little bit of binding with the protein” like really one of the figure shows no protein binding like how? It’s that big of a difference? Also this class had 25% of the grade hinge on Quizzes and the first midterm only 20% (which I don’t get) the quizzes were graded insanely harshly. I got a A on every exam and I still did not get an A in this class. I had to email the TAs to literally argue my side and say “hey this was a correct answer” which was a pain and they made it a big deal when it was regraded. Also the TAs did not know the material that well at all. I went to the material review for the final and one of the TAs did not even understand a figure. I knew the figures better than the TAs like what a joke. Overall, the grading scheme is bad the only reason I give such a decent review is Sagasti was a nice guy and a good lecturer. Beware the TAs can really ruin your grade in this class because the exams are free response make sure to restate the whole question (idk why they like that) and just pray that they don’t grade so stingy.
Spring 2024 - Ok so I really liked this class a lot I think Professor Sagasti is a great professor but really this class was ruined by the TAs for me. They graded everything so harshly!! For example I answered a question saying the protein did not bind to microtubules and the TA marked me off a whole point (points mean a lot in this class) because I didn’t say “there was only a little bit of binding with the protein” like really one of the figure shows no protein binding like how? It’s that big of a difference? Also this class had 25% of the grade hinge on Quizzes and the first midterm only 20% (which I don’t get) the quizzes were graded insanely harshly. I got a A on every exam and I still did not get an A in this class. I had to email the TAs to literally argue my side and say “hey this was a correct answer” which was a pain and they made it a big deal when it was regraded. Also the TAs did not know the material that well at all. I went to the material review for the final and one of the TAs did not even understand a figure. I knew the figures better than the TAs like what a joke. Overall, the grading scheme is bad the only reason I give such a decent review is Sagasti was a nice guy and a good lecturer. Beware the TAs can really ruin your grade in this class because the exams are free response make sure to restate the whole question (idk why they like that) and just pray that they don’t grade so stingy.
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